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Ionising Radiation

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: '''Ionising Radiation''' can be used for both medical imaging and irradiating tumors.
====Radioactive Tracers====
: [[Radioactive TracersTracer|Radioactive tracers]] can be used to image specific [[gland]]s, [[organ]]s or trace the flow of [[fluid]]s through [[organ]]s.
: Different [[gland]]s and [[organ]]s collect different [[compound]]s from the [[blood]] stream. A [[compound]] containing a [[radioactive]] [[isotope]] can be injected into the [[blood]] and this will accumulate in the desired [[gland]] or [[organ]]. While there the [[Unstable Isotope|unstable isotopes]] [[Radioactive Decay|decay]] and this can be detected. This can be used to create an image of that [[gland]] or [[organ]].
: [[Fluid]]s in certain [[organ]]s can become blocked. These blockages can be detected by injecting or ingesting a [[radioactive]] [[isotope]] which will accumulate at the blockage. This accumulation can then be detected as the [[Unstable Isotope|unstable isotopes]] [[Radioactive Decay|decays]] to produce [[Ionising Radiation|ionising radiation]].